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My primary love language is support swapping. These make so much more sense to Mr than the "traditional" love languages! https://t.co/TxBllAfgol— Angela Maleski (She/Her) (@AngelaMaleski) April 15, 2022

Autism.Today, an important announcement that was made in the new major Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) report. https://t.co/HKDbR4A0Z3 I would direct you to page 7. It says clearly that PBS is not suitable for neurodivergent people with no learning disability. Thread/— Ann Memmott PGC🌈 (@AnnMemmott) April 15, 2022

Is this new report one done by a group of passers-by?No, it's from BILD & CAPBS. The big organisations who have been promoting PBS. I would strongly advise NICE & all hospital units to take note & take action.Neurodivergent people have spoken out against PBS for years/— Ann Memmott PGC🌈 (@AnnMemmott) April 15, 2022

"People get a haircut and call themselves 'non-binary'"No, no. That's the final step. First we fight our way out of the Genderdome. Then we traverse the binary wastelands until we find the pronoun witch. Finally, we return to the village victorious and receive a warrior cut.— Mx. Amanda Jetté Knox (@MavenOfMayhem) April 15, 2022

Dear autism researchers: It would be great if you'd shift your focus from drugs for “treating” autism to drugs that can help autistic people with anxiety & pain, especially as autistics tend to have atypical/paradoxical reactions to drugs like stimulants/sedatives. cc: @Spectrum.— Thinking Person's Guide To Autism (@thinkingautism) April 15, 2022

THIS is the foundation of my relationship with qpp we do all of these all the time https://t.co/dwhuDL2jma— boo ⚖️🏴‍☠️ (@doctor_moth) April 15, 2022

This made my Friday! ❤️ https://t.co/r7R6MFQEGH— Christie Shelley (@ChristieShelle2) April 15, 2022

ooohh! This makes sense! I'm very much the infodumping and parallel playing type! And as an ADHDer as well, the "body double" concept explains a lot too. https://t.co/mEnoBrcE35— Nemo (@NemoEntropy) April 15, 2022

sending you energy as fluid as water. rest when you need. move when you must. @stimpunks https://t.co/GWUW8dm6rf— Kristina (She/Her) (@KristinaDaniele) April 13, 2022

eavesdropping at a coffee shop to this girl talking for an HOUR STRAIGHT about how she can’t find a good man and she hasn’t let her friend say even a single WORD. like sweetheart the call is coming from inside the house— ely kreimendahl (@ElyKreimendahl) April 11, 2022

Yup, "sleep hygiene" recommends turning off our electronics, and sleeping in a dark, quiet room. But "sleep hygiene" doesn't count on our racing thoughts or nighttime triggers that can be WAY more activating than a smartphone screen or a podcast playing to soothe & distract us.— Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle (@DrDoyleSays) April 11, 2022

Don't ghost, just send this exact text:"Thanks for [activity], that was fun. You seem like a great person, but ultimately I'm not feeling the connection I'm looking for and don't want to waste either of our time. Good luck on the apps!"You're welcome.— Sophie Vershbow (@svershbow) April 12, 2022

This would be a start, but much of remarketed PBS info (even in the same document) is inconsistent and for anyone to fall in scope.And where is the evidence that the presence of a learning disability merits a behavioural framework rather than a relational one? (Discriminatory) https://t.co/wDttDuGHc4— Fiona Clarke (@Fiona_Clarke_) April 8, 2022

I don't like it when people talk about autistic people 'overcoming' their difficulties. I'd argue that 90% of the time the things we have to overcome are caused by non-autistic people's difficulties in understanding, empathising and communicating effectively with us.— George Watts (@autgeek) April 7, 2022

Long live our complex and clever autism genes, may their secrets never be uncovered and may we be part of humanity until the day of extinction- regardless of the desires of abled people. ✊— Cornelius Hecker (legally) (@AutisticHelpsU) April 8, 2022

Autistic inertia, in short, is the inability to change state without an external force acting upon you.It means you can‘t start, stop, switch tasks, or generally initiate and perform actions without the support of an external force.This is disabling.— autistictic - #EndAutmisiaNow #StopTheShock (@autistictic) April 8, 2022

Do we see now how quickly "Don't Say Gay" can become "Don't Be Gay"? https://t.co/cPdeTMHlM5— Nick Covington (@CovingtonEDU) April 7, 2022

When you study with these people, this is it. La Moneta teaches like this. It's terrifying and incredible at the same time. I melted down on the regular.https://t.co/1nTFZ99w8t— Snappybara 👉 Canada = Unreliable Narrator (@NonsenseTracker) April 6, 2022

I think she knew I had ADHD before I did. I was laughing at one of her jokes, along with everyone else in a crowded class between sequences, then she did flamenco face flips with the big eyes and said my name, "FOCUS." I thought I had been...— Snappybara 👉 Canada = Unreliable Narrator (@NonsenseTracker) April 6, 2022

So much to dig into. I expect that many great flamenco dancers are neurodivergent and their human strengths wrap into and the culture and the art as performers, percussionists, athletes and creators.I studied with Beatriz Morales 🤯 ❤ brilliant.https://t.co/nGbQfz6xhR— Snappybara 👉 Canada = Unreliable Narrator (@NonsenseTracker) April 6, 2022

your organisation looks wonderful— Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! (@joshuaseigal) April 6, 2022

As I have been pointing out for the last few years, the commodification of neurodiversity and the exploitation of autistic people is in full swing.Rediscovering the language of life | Autistic Collaboration1/ https://t.co/oOyBFpX6EY— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 6, 2022

Corporate “Neurodiversity @ Work” and “Autism @ Work” initiatives are largely scams to procure domesticated corporate workers that can’t afford to ask uncomfortable questions about the purpose of the organisation.2/— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 6, 2022

Most autistic people remain undercover, especially the many autists that work in the healthcare sector and in the caring professions – to avoid being bullied and harassed.3/— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 6, 2022

Friend and classmate, neurodivergent Palestinian dancer and actress Melina Najjar, dancing to Farruca form guitar, played by Yazan Ibrahim.https://t.co/j4okAUs4HT— Snappybara 👉 Canada = Unreliable Narrator (@NonsenseTracker) April 6, 2022

Love. Does anyone know of work on flamenco and neurodivergence? Followed my dream to study in Spain and in this convergence of ND people from around the world there to explore polyrhythms, movement and melody.— Snappybara 👉 Canada = Unreliable Narrator (@NonsenseTracker) April 6, 2022

Or just a definition for #neurotypicals that actively marginalizes and pushes out everyone it doesn't validate due to a fucked up "survivorship bias" model of education (image), and thoroughly documented in this brilliant @irasocol essay:https://t.co/lIifVTFqN1/6 pic.twitter.com/kRltNZDqpP— The Prefrontal Vortex (@LearningPillars) April 5, 2022